I know a small amount of you guys are familiar with this masterpiece from 2005. If not Melancolia are/were a one man project from Canada who came and went with the blink of an eye. Eric Saumier was the guy behind this gem and Melancolia's one and only release which took him a whopping 7 YEARS to write and create. The album was even released on Eric's own label, Winterart which I believe also never put out another release and we will probably never know what happened as he showed so much potential.

Now here is the crunch! After a HUGE amount of effort put in by MA's Blood_Music I can confirm that 50 original copies of the cd have been obtained complete with sticker and still in the original packaging and will be going on sale next week. Trust me after years of searching for a copy on every site you can think of on an ongoing basis my jaw nearly hit the floor when this wonderful news came through, I had all but gave up hope so as you can probably tell I am very excited for this one and I am sure others will be the same when read this.

As for the music it is very hard to pigeon hole this release as he uses many styles and genres. The back bone of the music is black metal though the guitars are more down tuned and use a lot of different time signatures as opposed to the norm , it would most certainly appeal to a death metal audience liekwise with a progressive edge. The whole lot is wrapped with a wonderful use of synths which really add to the atmosphere but do not overpower or distract from the music. This has been one of my favourite release of the past decade and I highly release giving the album a spin and let it sink in, it is quite unique to say the least and if like me you have always wanted a copy don't hold back for too long as 50 copies will not last long I would think!

Thanks for the heads up! I never heard of this band, but the couple songs I heard on youtube sound promising. I'll have to listen to the songs a couple more times to decide if I want to pick up the CD next week, but chances are I probably will.

Thanks for the heads up! I never heard of this band, but the couple songs I heard on youtube sound promising. I'll have to listen to the songs a couple more times to decide if I want to pick up the CD next week, but chances are I probably will.

No prob Evoken, glad you like. I find the album is best listened to from start to finish in a single listen but do give the songs a chance to sink in and click. It actually took me a few listens at the start as there was so much going on but when it did sink in I was sold!

Hey guys, thanks! I saw STORMM post about this album on another thread here and checked the music out and thought it was incredible.

I got in contact with the musician (no one else has been able to get him to respond for years) and convinced him over the course of 6 months to send me some CDs to sell. These are officially-pressed original copies that have been sitting untouched for 7 years.

We will have 50 copies only and many of them are already "claimed."

They will go live for order on Thursday (Sept 27th).

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Ha, that's good marketing. I've just donated for future benefits, and also because I admire non-profits and your mission statement. Anyways, I hope copies don't go too fast, it's a killer album for sure.

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maxxpower wrote:

It's actually Neige who plays all the instruments in Deathspell Omega.

Find your relevant time zone, and I would say to definitely be there at the buzzer. I think these will sell out quickly.

Pretty cool! Hope the guys above have good fortune and bag themselves a copy. I forgot to ask you Blood_Music does the booklet conrain the lyrics? Also noticed that Eric had posted a link on an older post on your facebook, I wonder is he interested to see how this sells? I would love to know how many copies were made and sold in 2005.